Radioactive waste from Hanford Nuclear Site set to travel through Spokane

A representative says the United States Department of Energy has approved the transportation route to travel through Spokane.

SPOKANE, Wash. — A spokesperson from the Hanford Nuclear Site said on Thursday morning that radioactive waste from the Hanford Nuclear Site will travel through Spokane in 2025. 

The site communications representative did not confirm specific route information but said that the Washington Ecology Department wrote a letter to Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown confirming that the transportation route would go through Spokane.

In September, Mayor Brown wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Action and the State of Washington opposing the

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